Seth Rogen says THE GREEN HORNET isn't dead, they just need a new director

by Matt Holmes

Seth Rogen has responded to reports that Sony/Columbia had pulled the plug on THE GREEN HORNET, which he has co-written with Evan Goldberg and is set to lead. He tells Hitfix, who was the source of the original news...

"'The Green Hornet' has many people working for it, including production designers, costume designers and many conceptual artists, office staff, etc.," he said during our e-mail exchange back and forth. " have every intention on making it, and assuming we're able to hire a new director in the upcoming weeks, which seems like a distinct possibilty, it should still hit the release date."
AICN also seem to believe that Stephen Chow has only left directing duties and is still involved as an actor, playing the sidekick Kato. Which is great news because I know Rogen has put an awful lot of passion into this project. Hell he's really done a great job dropping the weight and the odd combination of Chow and the guys who wrote SUPERBAD just seems like it will wackily work. So, who now to direct? I would have gone with Edgar Wright but he's busy right now... wouldn't mind seeing David Gordon Green (THE PINEAPPLE EXPRESS) work with Seth Rogen again.
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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.